Desean

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #11,807 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1991 · 125 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,031
since 1968

Desean over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Desean has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #954, 1991boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,39623
2024—#4,70121
2023—#3,88328
2022—#3,05340
2021—#3,02140
2020—#2,54650
2019—#2,85143
2018—#2,79643
2017—#2,29557
2016—#2,41253
2015—#1,85379
2014—#1,60897
2013—#1,64792
2012—#1,398119
2011—#1,149157
2010—#1,168157
2009—#1,331130
2008—#1,428117
2007—#1,457110
2006—#1,460105
2005—#1,362110
2004—#1,335110
2003—#1,37298
2002—#1,305102
2001—#1,137122
2000—#1,260104
1999—#1,212105
1998—#1,127113
1997—#1,125112
1996#11,8076#1,071113
1995—#999123
1994—#981127
1993—#1,033114
1992—#1,043110
1991—#954125
1990—#1,08397
1989—#1,22876
1988—#1,14577
1987—#1,53446
1986#10,9125#1,15367
1985—#1,35451
1984—#1,65635
1983—#1,65135
1982—#2,59618
1981—#2,08625
1980—#2,05826
1979—#2,23622
1978—#2,27920
1977—#1,85827
1976—#2,17721
1975—#1,94824
1974—#1,98322
1973—#2,31117
1972—#1,96621
1971—#2,12619
1970—#2,12518
1969—#2,41513
1968—#4,1365
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five boys were named Desean! It came in at #4,136, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Desean is popular in 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMNIllinois: #872 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 8,572 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedWIMichigan: #915 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,122 boysMINew York: #1,125 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 12,031 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedINOhio: #765 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,191 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,448 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 23,106 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedVAMaryland: #547 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,111 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedALGeorgia: #733 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,971 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedHITexas: #1,249 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 16,465 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maryland#547 · 1 in 4,111
  2. Georgia#733 · 1 in 5,971
  3. Ohio#765 · 1 in 8,191
  4. Illinois#872 · 1 in 8,572
  5. Michigan#915 · 1 in 9,122

Best ever in a state: #172 in District of Columbia, 1994.

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Maryland#54771 in 4,111
Georgia#733101 in 5,971
Ohio#76581 in 8,191
Illinois#87291 in 8,572
Michigan#91561 in 9,122
New York#1,12591 in 12,031
Texas#1,249111 in 16,465
California#1,448111 in 23,106
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Desean
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 305 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #4,396)
  • 1,850 spots since 2020 (#2,546 → #4,396)
  • 2,543 spots since 2015 (#1,853 → #4,396)
  • Biggest jump: 129 spots in 1991 (#1,083 → #954)
  • Biggest drop: 89 spots in 1992 (#954 → #1,043)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1991 at #954 (125 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1994–1995
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,097
  • Highest: 1 in 12,097 boys born in 2011 were named Desean (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #954 in 1991, was only 1 in 16,163 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 28.3% of all boys named Desean (1,139) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s18#2,415 (1969)#3,276
1970s211#1,858 (1977)#2,101
1980s456#1,145 (1988)#1,646
1990s1,139#954 (1991)#1,063
2000s1,108#1,137 (2001)#1,345
2010s897#1,149 (2011)#1,918
2020s202#2,546 (2020)#3,600

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Desean in 2005

boys
#1,362
110 births · 1 in 18,157 boys

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #1,362Desean110
More about 2005

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 18,157 of them was named Desean, which outranked 89.8% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Desean
  1. #1,354Mauro111
  2. #1,354Osmar111
  3. #1,354Zavion111
  4. #1,362Desean110
  5. #1,362Brandt110
  6. #1,362Daylen110
  7. #1,362Deegan110
  8. #1,372Caeden109
  9. #1,372Demarco109
  10. #1,372Eleazar109

Tied with 9 names at #1,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2005 →